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King of the Road: True Tales from a Legendary
Ice Road Trucker
Author: Alex Debogorski
In King of the Road, Alex jams his storytelling
into overdrive for a memoir that's equal parts
action-packed, outrageous, tender, and hilarious.
You'll find out how he once caught fire in the
middle of a brawl, how easy it is to get killed
driving a coal truck, how the sound of cracking ice
is something you can never get accustomed to
hearing, and what it's like being the improbable
star of a hit TV show. The true tales of this larger-
than-life ice road trucker are not to be missed.
Truckers
Author: Mary Richardson
Covering major trucking routes throughout North
America and giving the men and women who
drive them a platform from which to describe the
highs and lows of life on the road, Truckers taps
into the raw and ravaged diesel-fueled lifeblood of
global consumer culture.
Truckers and Troopers
Author: Jim Geeting
In this third offering by Jim Geeting, he pays
tribute to thousands of truckers he met and
admired over two decades on Interstate 80. This
highly decorated and now retired Wyoming state
trooper, describes a love-hate relationship between
two different American heroes. This books tells a
multitude of stories describing sacrifice,
compassion and valor-not by the trooper-but by
the truckers!
Truckery Rhymes (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
Author: Jon Scieszka
For generations these classic, high-octane rhymes,
songs, and tales have been passed down from
truck to truck. Lucky for us, the National
Ambassador for Young People’s Literature has
collected them all into one really big, noisy
volume. From “Peter Peter Payload Eater” to
“Pop Blows the Diesel” to “Swing Around with
Rosie,” all the classic truckery rhymes are here.
Becoming A Truck Driver: The Raw Truth
About Truck Driving
Author: Brett Aquila
There are so many things to know if you want to
be successful on the road and they take years to
learn. I'm talking about things they don't teach in
truck driving schools and things companies don't
talk about.. at least not honestly. There are "grey
areas" and "unwritten rules" in the trucking
industry that have a major impact on your life and
your career - and only time on the road will reveal
the realities of becoming a truck driver......"
Big Rig: Comic Tales from a Long Haul
Trucker
Author: Don McTavish
Curl up in your favourite commander air chair, and
gear-up for the long haul with veteran trucker Don
McTavish. Big Rig takes us on some eye-opening,
highly comical road trips, through the eyes of a
driver and his fellow truckers over a forty year
period. Twenty-five short stories are divided into
five parts, including, "In the Beginning," "Colorful
Dudes," "Goofy Situations," "Weird Destinations,"
and "Crazy Cargo."
Big Rig 2: More Comic Tales from a Long Haul
Trucker
Author: Don McTavish
McTavish's second collection of stories, wisdom,
and warnings about trucking life. For a journey
from a winter colder than a banker's handshake to
summers hotter than a skidoo suit in a sauna, you
don't want to miss this sequel. Throughout his 37 -
year career, there were few areas of trucking that
Don McTavish -- born story-teller and renowned
joke-teller -- was not involved in. After telling
many wacky and comical anecdotes, McTavish
was convinced by friends and family to publish his
stories, and has since had a regular feature in
trucking trade magazine Highway Star called 'This
Ain't No Bull."
Trucker's Tales
Author: Scott Murray
Trucker's Tales is a collection of short stories
showing many contradictions of the job. Drivers
get to work in great outdoors, but nature makes
them pay for that right. People want their product,
and driver gets grief for delivering it. There's great
camaraderie amongst drivers, and dissension too.
Trucker's Tales will give you an inside look as to
what professional drivers have to put up with on
an almost daily basis.
Pedal To The Metal: The Work Life of Truckers
(Labor And Social Change) [Paperback]
Author: Lawrence Ouellet
A vivid ethnography of trucking culture. Book
documents and analyzes truckers' lives and work
ethic, exploring range of identities truckers create
for themselves—the renegade cowboy, the
company man, the voyeur, the lone king of the
road. To explain motivations, Ouellet examines
meaning of work and motivation for excelling
despite long, unsupervised hours on the road. He
finds occupational pride results in extraordinary
efforts on the job and, subsequently, a positive
sense of self. Driving skill allows truckers to
improve hauling times, which they proudly track
to the minute, and to increase productivity and
income.
Route 66 (Enthusiast Color)
Author: Tim Steil
This colorful biopic of "Mother Road" retraces
wandering path of Route 66 from Chicago to Santa
Monica, returning home with a scrapbook of new
color photography and evocative period imagery
profiling businesses and attractions that continue
to operate alongside Route 66 despite demise of
the legendary two-lane. Result is a unique look at
motels, service stations, restaurants, truck stops,
and museums, and the colorful folks who continue
to whittle out a livelihood along Route 66 despite
the death of the road trip as spelled out by the
vapor trails overhead.
Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks [Paperback]
Author: Seymour Simon
Kindergarten-Grade 4. Full of color
photographs. Pictures show oversized transports
hauling logs, moving a house, dumping
construction materials, taking children to school,
and carrying gasoline to gas stations. Simon
explains what a semitrailer truck is, and why the
drum of a cement mixer rotates while the truck is
moving. The exciting photographs, many of them
close-ups, will captivate kids.
Silly Woman, Big Rigs Are for Men
Author: Mary Ellen Dempsey
Mary Ellen takes you behind the wheel with her as
you are swept from one adventure to the next,
driving through a Wyoming blizzard to delivering
to the infamous Hunt's Point Market in New York
City, where, for the first time, she considers
carrying a gun. Coming of age in early 60s when
women's job choices were limited, she finds
strength to come out of each situation ready for
next challenge. Reader sees through her eyes how
this job is much more than just driving, it is a
lifestyle. You will find this book hard to put
down.
The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers, Diggers, and
Wings
Author: Terry Pratchett
Part satire, part parable, and part adventure story
par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett’s
engaging trilogy traces the nomes’ flight and
search for safety, a search that leads them to
discover their own astonishing origins and takes
them beyond their wildest dreams.
Grandpa and the Truck Book One: Tales for
Kids by a Long-Haul Trucker (Volume 1)
Author: Colleen Kelly Mellor
Written by a grandmother and teacher, the
beautifully-illustrated Grandpa and the Truck
stories teach children, ages 4-8, important life
lessons through a vehicle kids love--the big rigs
and their drivers. Kids will follow Grandpa and the
truck on a journey across America, seeing regional
differences, meeting wildly-entertaining
characters, and learning about truckers' unique
lifestyle and language, as they enter a world few
really know.
Heading for home: Tips for truck drivers and
their families [Perfect Paperback]
Author: Paul Welter
This book is for truckers and their families and
contains spiritual resources. This book is about
time. You will find many tips for making your time
count for yourself and for your family, whether
you are on the road or at home.
Truck Drivers: Stop Your Job from Killing You!
The Dietitians' Guide to Smart Eating and
Healthy Living for Truckers [Paperback]
Author: Sharon Madalis and April Rudat
In the book, learn how to merge onto the road to
good health: Give your body the right fuel to
manage your weight and health; choose better
foods at restaurants, quick marts, and
supermarkets; stock your rig with healthy snacks
and beverages; and energize yourself without pills
and potions. The first in the "Stop Your Job from
Killing You" series!
Trucker Jokes Gold Rush
Author: Arthur Ross Romero
The United States of America relies on the
Transportation Logistics Industry as a main lifeline
for continued well being. To be able to maintain a
cool and positive attitude on the road is what
professional drivers do best. Laughter makes the
world go around and a good joke always makes for
a good day! This book is easy reading, great on
the road, at break time, for anyone, anytime, and
makes a perfect gift.
Trucker Ghost Stories: And Other True Tales
of Haunted Highways, Weird Encounters, and
Legends of the Road
Author: Annie Wilder
These are true stories from the highways and
byways of America. These firsthand accounts are
as varied as the storytellers themselves—some are
detailed and filled with the terror and suspense that
made people feel they had to share what happened
to them with others; others are brief and
straightforward retellings of truly chilling events.
In a uniquely entertaining book by a rising star,
here are uncanny true tales of haunted highways,
weird encounters, and legends of the road.
True Stories of Driver Turnover: Translating
the Driver's Perspective [Paperback]
Authors: Stan Poduch and James J. Depillo
Turnover rates are a major barrier to
organizational success of today’s truckload motor
carriers. Now carriers can better understand true
nature of potential turnover causes and create
superior responses with the help of this innovative
guidebook. Real-life stories from current drivers
provide valuable insight into attitudes and
behaviors regarding turnover. An awareness of
differences in perspectives allows practitioners to
generate effective responses and create a strong
driver-carrier relationship. This book contains a
creative way industry professionals can take on
this broad phenomenon.
The Trucker
Author: Barbara Samuels
What Leo wants is a fire truck; what Mama gives
him is a kitten: Lola. To make matters worse,
mischievous and high-spirited Lola just about
takes over all of Leo’s favorite things. Just when
Leo’s had enough, Lola surprises him and saves
the day. Colorful, bold illustrations filled with
trucks, trucks, and more trucks enliven this
satisfying story of friendship.
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